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Word: eights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have been having a hard time smoothing out their stroke according to the Cornell Daily Sun, but a wealth of good material puts them in live in a successful season. Most of the defeats under which the Cornell eight is laboring, such as poor timing and ragged control of the slides, are sings of an early season crew, and they can soon be ironed...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Fast Rowing of Cornell Navy Brings Crew Major Opposition | 5/2/1939 | See Source »

...Yale varsity eight is another crew which is more potential than in the running. Made up without any seniors, there are a great many wrinkles in the crew that will take time to removes. Stroked by last year's freshman stroke, John Blair, the crew is more of a threat for next year than this...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Fast Rowing of Cornell Navy Brings Crew Major Opposition | 5/2/1939 | See Source »

...thousand onthusiastic students jammed Sanders Theatre last night as the annual Freshman Smoker, starring Albert Ammons, Roy Eldridge, Ella Fitzgerald, Hildegarde, and Buddy Hasset, 'wont off on schedule. under the chairmanship of George Kuhn and his Committee of eight Yardlings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THOUSANDS THRONG SANDERS THEATRE AT ANNUAL SMOKER | 5/2/1939 | See Source »

Losing morale when Tom Healey weakened at the start, the Crimson played listlessly, committing eight miscues and connecting safety only four times, to drop its first Circuit tilt this year...

Author: By Thoodore R. Barnett, | Title: Mikkolamen Whip Crusaders, Huskies; Big Red Beats Nine in Sloppy Contest | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...being compromised by a government subsidy. It feels that such directs aid might be the entering wedge which would permit a future national administration to interfere with its highly prized academic independence. However, the validity of the argument crumbles when the facts of the case are examined. Ninety-eight per cent of all schools eligible for the grant have accepted it and this group contains-some three-hundred private non-sectarian colleges, including Yale, Columbia, and Radcliffe--none of whom have yet shown any grave sign of government corruption...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "PRIDE GOETH BEFORE..." | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

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